Chapter 796: The Ancient Path, Condensing the Body of Space-Time (II)

In a world frozen in silvery-white time, Chen Chu, adorned with the Imperial Crown of the Twenty-Four Heavens, slowly opened his eyes.

After absorbing the divine ability inheritance of the Emperor, nine silver ring-shaped halos floated within them, forming a reincarnation-like cycle and emanating a mysterious aura.

The divine ability Temporal Reincarnation centered around drawing upon the traces of a cultivator’s past within the flow of time to condense a mark and form a true form from the past.

This past true form possessed the full power of the cultivator’s peak state and could condense up to nine time marks, forming a complete reincarnation. In that state, one's combat power would skyrocket to incomprehensible heights.

Its strongest technique was Reincarnation: merging all nine marks in an instant, and combining nine versions of oneself from the past into a higher existence to unleash a world-shattering strike.

Of course, such a powerful divine ability came with extreme difficulty. It could only be cultivated by those with an affinity for time—without that connection, one couldn’t even begin to extract its power.

Moreover, the stronger the cultivator, the more time power was required to condense even a single time mark.

In addition, these past bodies were not avatars, but imprints, unable to separate and become another person. If they could, the Radiant Emperor alone would have equaled nine ancient emperors.

Even so, this divine ability was so powerful that it left Chen Chu in awe. "What a shame—it’s a divine ability, requiring a divine ability seed to inherit. Otherwise, if the Dragon Emperor could cultivate it..."

Just imagining the Destructive Dragon Emperor in its dark-red destruction form summoning nine equally transformed past selves to merge as one... Chen Chu couldn’t help but feel excited.

At present, the Dragon Emperor couldn’t use it—but if, one day, their human and beast forms were fused into one divine entity, a complete being...

It was unimaginable how powerful it would become.

Phew!

Suppressing his excitement, Chen Chu closed his eyes again to cultivate. He had received the inheritance, but still needed to condense the time seals to unlock the true power of this divine ability.

In his mind, his own voice echoed.

Burn 10,000 attribute points. Enter epiphany state.

The epiphany state not only allowed Chen Chu to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth at accelerated speed—it was also a super-accelerated cultivation mode.

In a state of epiphany, one’s mind resonated with heaven and earth. Cultivation speed could increase by dozens or even hundreds of times. This was also the reason An Fuqing’s cultivation speed had been so outrageous.

Hum!

As the epiphany state started, faint transparent marks eroded by time began to emerge on Chen Chu’s body.

Normally intangible and undetectable, these traces of time were now drawn out bit by bit by the activation of the divine ability’s power, gradually forming a transparent stream behind Chen Chu.

A phantom appeared from within, crowned with an imperial headdress and clad in a black imperial robe. It was none other than Chen Chu himself, as he had been fifteen minutes ago.

As time passed, the transparent traces on his body thinned, while the phantom behind him grew clearer and more solid.

At last, when the second Chen Chu had nearly fully condensed, a burst of temporal repulsion erupted.

Boom!

Under the principle of time, two versions of oneself could not exist within the same temporal moment. At that moment, however, silvery lines emerged on both sides of Chen Chu’s brow, like outstretched wings or indescribable glyphs.

The divine ability’s mark instantly dispelled the repelling force of time. The phantom behind him and the stream of time dissipated into silver light, which dyed a strand of black hair on his forehead into shimmering silver.

Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes and murmured, "So this is a time seal... what a strange feeling."

Now, within his blurred perception, there existed another version of himself in a different time stream—standing ready to descend and fight alongside him at any moment.

𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

This time, he had exhausted all of the time power that had eroded his body, managing to condense only a single mark. To condense the remaining eight would require even more. However, at the thought of this, a smile formed on his lips.

Around his past self, time power flowed ceaselessly, constantly washing over him.

All he had to do now was stay here and continuously absorb time power to condense more marks, until all nine were complete and the full reincarnation was formed.

Beyond that, he could spend time gathering and developing body enhancement arts, creating a true body enhancement method tailored to humans of the Blue Planet.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Chu finally summoned the attribute page.

[Stats]

Realm: Mythical King(Middle Stage)

Physique(Heavenly Dragon): 68.2471 → 70

Strength(Heavenly Dragon): 72.3540 → 74

Agility(Heavenly Dragon): 38.2413 → 41

Spirit(Divine Soul): 42.1727 → 46

Attribute Points: 44,017

Soul Points: 3,570

[True Form]

Battle Demon God

- Forged from Profound Yellow Qi, the body of an Innate Demon God

[Divine Transformation Abilities]

Soul Splitter

Void Death Pupils

[Laws]

Law of Power(Supreme, 27%)

Law of Void(High Level, 36%)

Law of Death(High Level, 34%)

Law of Soul(High Level, 31%)

Great Heavenly Sun Flame(High Level, 38%)

Divine Thousand-Tribulations Lightning(High Level, 38%)

[Art]

Taixu Nether Light Scripture(Sixth Stage, 21%)

[Secret Art]

Space-Time Summoning Mark(Max, Sealed State)

[Supreme Divine Ability]

Temporal Reincarnation(One Mark)

- A special divine ability involving time and reincarnation. Each time mark embodies the cultivator’s full strength.

- Note 1: When activating a time mark in battle, a massive amount of time power is consumed every moment. Once the time power within the mark is depleted, the true form it holds will dissipate.

- Note 2: If the time mark is destroyed in battle, it will completely collapse and must be re-condensed.

- Note 3: The power of a time-based true form depends entirely on the moment it was condensed. It cannot be enhanced or cultivated afterward.

- Tip: When nine marks are fused into the reincarnation form, each past mark can negate one fatal strike. After exiting the reincarnation form, all marks will collapse.

[Special Marks]

Ancient Duel Mark

Hell’s Eye(Sealed State)

[True World]

Earth, Fire, Wind, and Lightning(Sealed State)

- Micro-World: 1,200 km radius

[Avatar]

Heavenly Azure Destructive Dragon Emperor

Level: Titan-Level(Beginning Stage)

- Possesses nine high-level laws

- Its true name is imprinted in the core of the mythical world as a heavenly-tier colossal beast

[Laws]

Power, Destruction(Advanced)

Defense, Vajra(Advanced)

Chaotic Dark Force(Advanced)

Golden Sky-Scorching Sun(Advanced)

Law of Speed(Advanced)

Source of Life(Advanced)

Chaotic Thunderbolt of Destruction(Advanced)

Corrosion(Advanced)

Dark-Red Power(59%)

Evolution Points: 587,154 / 2,000,000

Thanks to the Dragon Emperor’s recent growth, not only had most of Chen Chu’s injuries healed, but all four of his foundational attributes had also improved slightly, even though the majority of the evolutionary energy had been expended during the journey.

Moreover, with the rise in strength, the attribute values had now been optimized; the small decimal places beyond the second digit were cleaned up, making the interface much neater.

Chen Chu’s gaze swept past the sealed Hell’s Eye, the planar world, and the summoning secret art, before finally landing on the notes related to the newly acquired divine ability. His brow furrowed slightly.

The strongest form of Temporal Reincarnation, the reincarnation form, would cause all of the gathered time seals to collapse upon use—something that had never been mentioned in the inheritance’s information.

It was likely that, in the Radiant Emperor’s eyes, War General Luotian simply lacked the talent to ever cultivate the divine ability to its ultimate realm,so he hadn’t even bothered to explain its drawback. Even if he had, it would’ve been meaningless.

Yet, this so-called flaw wasn’t actually an issue for Chen Chu

That form was truly terrifying. As expected of a divine ability mastered by an emperor; once the nine marks merged, not only would the user’s power surge to an unimaginable level, but they would also gain nine lives. It was utterly absurd.

At his current cultivation speed, he would soon break through to the heavenly king level. At that point, any time-based true form condensed at a lower level would be locked to its original strength and quickly become obsolete. Rather than preserve them, it would be better to use them when possible and condense new ones.

Moreover, with his possession of the Space-Time Summoning Altar, he would suffer time erosion with every use. When that happened, he could exploit the "bug" and use that very time power to condense new marks, perfectly complementing his strategy.

"As expected of me." A smile crept onto Chen Chu’s face as he slowly removed the black imperial robe, then stored away the Soul-Suppressing Imperial Seal and the Emperor’s Command Emblem.

Though the inheritance had concluded and the Emperor’s Command Emblem no longer held any power, it remained a valuable relic of an ancient emperor—perhaps it would become a key to connecting with the Ancient Civilization in the future.

Boom!

As the two principle powers faded, the spatial fragment began to collapse under the outer world's declination principle. The tremor spread across the underground, triggering a massive quake as boulders rained down and the earth cracked open in thunderous ruin.

Bang!

From the crumbling rift, a figure shot into the sky like a cannonball, piercing through layers of earth and emerging above the massive crater left by the collapsed canyon. In the distance, Shi Feirou and the others lit up with joy. "Mr. Chen, you finally came out!"

Whoosh!

With a flicker, Chen Chu appeared before the Shi Sisters. "Good timing. Since you’re here, help me find the way. We’re heading to Tianxuan City."

It was time to visit the library and gather information.